Description
While I have tried to remain faithful to the individuality of each subject as well as true to the physical likenesses in the historic photos, I have imparted each portrait with a spirit reflective of my own. I developed an affection for the depiction of the human form and portraiture at the age of thirteen when I began studying the renaissance. This affinity for the portrait speaks of the desire to be known and remembered, and to remember those who have gone. Though the portrait is just a moment and reveals only a fraction of the individual, I have sought to tell the story of that moment so that it may be experienced by the viewer in their own way. I chose the natives as my subjects for my own connection to that heritage, a heritage where much has been lost both as a nation and personally. My families history has been passed down vocally with a memory that is fading. So I have touched on that connection in what way I can through the varied people depicted here.
